Another busy month in overdose-related research (11 papers), including several toxicology and epidemiology papers, some of which represent novel analytic approaches that serve to advance the field. Oxycodone overdose causes naloxone responsive coma and QT prolongation. Berling I, Whyte IM, Isbister GK. QJM. 2012 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23023890 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] Comment:Read More
PubMed Update: A Year in Overdose
Here is a summary of our first year of PubMed updates. This list is NOT comprehensive and focuses on opioids at the expense of stimulant issues. There are some excellent papers not listed in the PubMed database (e.g. a couple of great papers out of Scotland we’ve discussed here and many conference abstracts). So …Read More
PubMed July 2012 Update
LOTS of great articles this month (10 total)! Let’s start with an updated chart of the number of scientific opioid overdose articles each year from 1980 through 2011. Injection Drug Users Trained by Overdose Prevention Programs: Responses to Witnessed Overdoses Lankenau SE, Wagner KD, Silva K, Kecojevic A, Iverson E, McNeely M, Kral AH. JRead More
Pubmed March 2012 Update
A number of good papers this month! Most notable are the MMWR report and the intriguing Copenhagen data on opioid overdoses attended by emergency medical services. Buprenorphine vs methadone treatment: A review of evidence in both developed and developing worlds. Whelan PJ, Remski K. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2012 Jan;3(1):45-50. Comment: Includes a brief reviewRead More
Pubmed December/January 2012 Update
Lots of papers over the past 8 weeks … Mortality Among Young Injection Drug Users in San Francisco: A 10-Year Follow-up of the UFO Study. Evans JL, Tsui JI, Hahn JA, Davidson PJ, Lum PJ, Page K. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Jan 6. Comments: Thought I’d start with the best one this time, anRead More
Pubmed November 2011 Update
Some good stuff this month… 1) Vital signs: overdoses of prescription opioid pain relievers — United States, 1999–2008 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Nov 4;60:1487-92. Comment: This report summarizes the impressive outbreak of death from opioid analgesics (around 15,000 in 2008) in the United States – providing a helpful state-by-state breakdown. 2) Influence ofRead More
Pubmed October 2011 Update
My PubMed search was missing a lot of good papers, so here goes with a broader approach pulling 8 interesting papers … 1) A procedure that differentiates unintentional from intentional overdose in opioid abusers. Britton PC, Bohnert AS, Wines JD Jr, Conner KR. Addict Behav. 2011 Sep 2. *The intentionality of overdose is a recurrentRead More
Pubmed August 2011 Update
Two notable papers in this report: 1) Characteristics of an Overdose Prevention, Response, and Naloxone Distribution Program in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaBennett AS, Bell A, Tomedi L, Hulsey EG, Kral AHJ Urban Health. 2011 Jul 20 [Epub]Comments: A substantial contribution to the growing literature evaluating naloxone programs, this paper is a must-read for anyoneRead More
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